The Chicago International Film Festival has come and gone for yet another year, and it was a whirlwind for me this time around. Twenty-three films in ten days ended up being pretty ambitious when I’m also working a full-time job, and my fatigue showed when I ended up missing a film when I passed out […]

So, I understand that we’re already like two months into 2017, and everyone’s already had their fill of reminiscing about how terrible of a year 2016 was. But since the Academy Awards won’t be passed out until Sunday, I feel like I’m still (barely) within the acceptable time frame to have my say. So please […]

So I was going to wait until I saw The Revenant before doing my 2015 write-up, but I got impatient. I’m sure it’s good, and I’ll share my thoughts once I have seen it. All things considered, 2015 was a solid year for film. I don’t think there was anything particularly groundbreaking per se, unlike […]